Appeal No. 1997-1812
Application 08/055,382
stability to the annular rotatable frame 12 (column 4, lines
22-27), claims 15 and 31 expressly require seismic tie-down
means for preventing substantial vertical upward displacement
of the turntable. Because the examiner has not explained how
elements 44 and 46 of Wertz prevent vertical upward
displacement of the frame 12, and because we are not apprised
by the examiner of any other structure in either of the
applied references that teaches seismic tie-down means that
functions to prevent vertical upward displacement of the
turntable at its peripheral edge as called for in the claims,
the standing § 103 rejection of claims 15 and 31 cannot be
sustained.
Summary
Each of the examiner’s rejections is reversed.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
NEAL E. ABRAMS )
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